Crown Firm Signs Lease

July 06, 1985

Henry Crown Co., an investment and real estate firm, signed a 30-year office lease for 50,000 square feet of space at 222 N. LaSalle St. Crown is scheduled to move in February to the entire 10th floor and part of the 9th floor in its new building from 300 W. Washington St., said Tishman Speyer Properties, developer of 222 N. LaSalle. The 222 N. LaSalle project is a joint venture by Tishman Speyer and Chicago`s Crown family, which controls Henry Crown Co. The project combines the existing Wacker Plaza-Builders` Building at 228 N. LaSalle, which is being renovated, with a new office structure being built immediately west of the 23-story structure.